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Monday, April 18, 1927

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The Headlines

M'ADOO MAN CREDITS 463 VOTES TO SMITH; Sets This Total for First Real Test of Strength in the 1928 Convention. CONCEDES FEW IN SOUTH 549 Delegates Are Classed as Anti-Smith and 86 Are Not Accounted For. M'ADOO MAN CREDITS 463 VOTES TO SMITH

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Blue Heaven

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1927

  • You ain't heard nothin' yet!

Tech Check

Electronic TV (Philo Farnsworth), Jukebox (Automatic) & Iron Lung.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

36,208 days ago

(99 years, 73 days)